On this day, many Believers like myself congregate to celebrate the rising of our Lord and and Savior, Jesus Christ. Here are some Christian artists that really broke boundaries in both the religious music scene and maybe music in general.

@Pestiferous: Ah, I'm sure it's fine. I'm not preaching or anything, because that would be very ill-advised. Sputnik is not an appropriate forum for Faith-based conversations. In short, I basically agree with you.

@DarkSideOfLucca: I've only really heard "Scrolls of the Megilloth." Also, check out the band Horde
while you're at it. Mortification's Jayson Sherlock formed Horde, which is pretty much the first
Christian black metal project, on the side. So yeah, "Scrolls..." is a good place to start.

Easter is of pagan origins. The bunny rabbit and eggs are symbolic of sex and fertility. Christ did not say to commemorate his death or his resurrection. He simply commanded his disciples to celebrate the passing of the bread and wine on Nisan 14th. This weekend you celebrate in your version of Christianity is misguided, however the faith you show in the bible is admirable.

19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus[a]), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

There is simply one thing Christ commanded in the bible to commemorate. Not his birth, death, or rising. If you read carefully the accounts of the last supper, Christ said to commemorate the last supper or Passover, once a year, not every Sunday I might add. We are taught to meditate on the sacrifice in which he poured out his blood and gave his body for our behalf.

"yea im the one not contributing anything worthwhile when you assholes are so insecure in your own gay ass pop punk taste that you have to show up and pick on a guy who believes in talking snakes and that the earth is flat"

Sonic, I think you need a different approach towards christianity (even if you don't agree with it).
First, be careful when differenciating catholics, lutherans, and others; the difference is relevant
(intelectually, ethically, philosophicaly, etc). Second, I think you should review the Church's
intellectual work (there's a lot of it, but specially study philosophy). Third, leave aside naive
empirical "evidence" against religion ("the earth is flat!", "religion causes hatred", "religion is
for the simple-minded", etc), and take an approach towards the core of the discussion.

It's a part of cellular respiration. It is a series of chemical reactions used by all aerobic organisms to generate energy. Its central importance to many biochemical pathways suggests that it was one of the earliest parts of cellular metabolism to evolve.

That's because Reddit is a social site, the most popular opinions get upvoted. The most popular opinions are generally bound to be the most generic or the least well-developed, because they're the easiest to understand and the majority of people don't spend their lives seriously searching for answers, they just go with the easiest options - things they're born into, things that generate a group structure with an underlying "us vs them" bias which makes the people who adhere to the ideology look good and people who are opposed look bad. That's why half of the shit on r/atheism is just quotes about how smart and logical atheists are and the top comments are usually half-assed jokes about how stupid religious people are; they make the people who agree with them look good and by adhering to the sentiment of a group or a popular opinion you dissolve your individual responsibility for intellectual endeavours.

what biochem are you taking sonic? when i took biochem it took 2 weeks to go over glycolysis,
gluconeogenesis, CA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation and we had to know every enzyme, intermediate,
high energy electron carrier and where each product went afterwards....

@ sheaiskl - oh yeah, it's hell of interesting man! It's the integrated study off the reactions that
take place in the human body. Super cool stuff if you want to know how chemicals break down in your
body or why certain things like cyanide will kill ya. Plus you get to learn about proteins, carbs etc
and how they function and what they do at the cellular level!!

lol. read about half way down and i'm incredibly surprised that everyone is fairly amicable, even sonictheplumber, and then comes andcas. holy shit how do you not realize you're worthless and pathetic?

Ya it's one of the best to get if you want to go to med school but for non med jobs you get enough chemistry, math and biology that you can fulfill chemistry or biology job positions on top of biochem jobs so it's not that bad.

I don't know man, holidays just get stressful and overwhelming. And yeah, it's extra hard since this is the first real holiday without him, but even when he was here, holidays have always been stressful. Pretty sure he felt the same way actually.